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Zorn List Digest Tuesday, December 15 1998 Volume 02 : Number 552
In this issue:
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Two Nights, two lofts, two chamber groups - Part 2
Re: Forced Exposure
Philly shows? (No Zorn Content, Unless I'm really lucky)
PSyCHo
Antilles/Power Tools
question about SONGS OF THE WITCHBLADE
MIME-Version: 1.0
new Penguin Guide 5-star ratings
Evguenie Sokolov by Serge Gainsbourg
more Brouwer
Bjorkenheim/Skopelitis
Re: Bjorkenheim/Skopelitis
Re: new Penguin Guide 5-star ratings
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Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 01:01:43 -0500
From: Steve Smith <ssmith36@sprynet.com>
Subject: Two Nights, two lofts, two chamber groups - Part 2
Saturday, December 12 - Ikue Mori at Roulette
A crowd of well over the 75-seat capacity was onhand for the premiere of
Ikue Mori's newest piece, "One Hundred Aspects of the Moon" based on
Yoshitoshi. I wish I could explain what that meant exactly, but the
program notes handed out for the evening gave only the names of the
fifteen sections and the players: vocalist Theo Bleckmann (rather than
the previously announced Mike Patton, who, I was told, was in the studio
beginning the new Mr. Bungle record), Anthony Coleman on piano and
organ, violinist Eyvind Kang, cellist Erik Friedlander, Kato Hideki on
acoustic and electric bass, and Mori.
Plenty of downtown luminaries were onhand for the concert, adding to the
general buzz in the room. By showtime every seat was filled and the
crowd spilled into the back of the room.
The piece began with long, droning tones from the string players and
organ, while Mori sent little plinks and plunks shimmering like
raindrops from speaker to speaker. Bleckmann intoned quietly and
wordlessly, murmuring and burbling.
A second section began with a duo for bass and voice, soon set against
an almost minimalist classical piano trio of Coleman, a hirstute and
fedora-wearing Kang, and Friedlander. Their parts were made up of short
rhythmic melodies, repeated insistently. Mori eventually entered with a
percussive clatter that disrupted the other players. A third section
was brief and consisted of simple ascending and descending lines in the
piano trio and bass.
The fourth section began with a recited vocal part by Bleckmann,
sounding much like a lover's breakup letter. At the end of the speech,
the minimal melodic motifs returned in the piano trio. Eventually Mori
began a percussive racket on her machines, which gradually spread like a
virus from stage left (Mori) to stage right (Coleman), ending in chaotic
noise from all players. This sent Beckmann into a Tourette's-like vocal
spasm which ended the section.
A further minimalist piano trio section led to an actual song section
sung by Bleckmann. I was not able to discern many of the lyrics,
however... a recording will serve this purpose better (and I was glad to
read the message of the poster who said that Jim Staley reported this
piece was being recorded). At this point in the piece the "movements"
became less discrete, with each flowing into the next without obvious
pause.
Wordless vocalese began the next section, a movement that musically
resembled a '60s pop instrumental, with a distorted Kang solo that
sounded much like an electric guitar. The organ part in this section
was particularly appealing, as well. The vocal part suddenly became a
very obvious simulation of coitus and orgasm, leading to snickers of
amusement from the crowd.
The penultimate section of the piece featured all players playing lines
that seemed to be moving in uneven but parallel lines... how
insufficient words can be to describe the actuality of the musical
experience. A final section created a quiet repose, like the beginning
resembling the patter of raindrops.
Overall impression: a fine new addition to the downtown ouevre, a piece
of diverse parts somehow adding up to a very organic whole. I'd have
appreciated a more complete program note to give me more context for the
music I was hearing, but lacking that, I have to report an intriguing
and ultimately satisfying listening experience. Like the best of the
so-called downtown music scene, "One Hundred Aspects of the Moon" united
numerous aspects of various disparate musical styles and genres into a
singular and provocative piece.
Oddly, one other impression I carried away with me was that the
least-heard instrumental voice was that of Mori herself. While I was
most impressed with the compositional ingenuity, I have to admit that I
felt a decided lack of one of downtown's most unique and accomplished
instrumental voices. But all of the other players were remarkable
indeed. And vocalist Theo Bleckmann, whom I'd never heard in a live
setting before, acquitted himself with panache in a wide variety of
vocals challenges, especially given that much of this music did indeed
sound like it was written specifically for Mike Patton.
A timely reminder of just why I so love this downtown music scene. Can
anybody clue me in on Yoshitoshi?
Tomorrow's musicking: The Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestra at the Village
Vanguard
Steve Smith
ssmith36@sprynet.com
http://home.sprynet.com/sprynet/ssmith36
NP - Star Trek - The Next Generation - "Q Who?" (the first Borg episode)
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Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 09:40:40 -0500 (EST)
From: Brent Burton <bburton@CapAccess.org>
Subject: Re: Forced Exposure
On Sat, 12 Dec 1998, Peter Hollo wrote:
> There you go - a positive Forced Exposure experience for y'all.
actually, i order from forced exposure almost once a month and the only
time i've ever had trouble was around the holidays.
b
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Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 08:17:26 -0700
From: dennis summers <denniss@ic.net>
Subject: Philly shows? (No Zorn Content, Unless I'm really lucky)
I'm going to be in Philadelphia Fri Dec. 18 - Mon Dec. 21. Any good music I
need to hear that weekend? You can email me privately. Thanx.
yours in zornocity --ds
***Quantum Dance Works***
****http://ic.net/~denniss****
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Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 11:04:04 -0800
From: Jason Tors <jtors@organic.com>
Subject: PSyCHo
I saw the movie a few days ago. During the final credits I was admiring the
interesting musical accompanyment when I read in the credits that the score
was directed by Wayne Horvitz and preformed by Bill Frisell (and others??)
Has anyone purchased this soundtrack??
JT
That loft session sounded really interesting, as did roulette. Where can I
go to get more of the downtown scene other than Tonic, KF, alt.coffee, and
downtown music gallery?
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Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 11:48:38 -0500
From: Troy Whitfield <twhitfie@chem.bu.edu>
Subject: Antilles/Power Tools
Brent Burton <bburton@CapAccess.org> wrote:
> that is evidently some kind of bootleg. according to the guys
> in mars, the master tapes for "no new york" were lost when
> antilles went out of business.
On a somewhat related note, does anyone know how the master tapes of
Power Tools' "Strange Meeting" fared? Will it ever be reissued?
Power Tools is Bill Frisell, Ronald Shannon Jackson and Melvin Gibbs.
As far as I know, they only put out this one record in 1987 - on
Antilles.
Troy
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Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 12:04:09 -0800
From: "Patrice L. Roussel" <proussel@ichips.intel.com>
Subject: question about SONGS OF THE WITCHBLADE
I was checking the various artists section of my favorite record store
when I found the following:
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
*** - SONGS OF THE WITCHBLADE: various artists
Soundtrack to the comic books.
Produced by Dave Ogilvie and Kat Bjelland
Kat Bjelland (1-3,5,7-13): guitars, bass, vocals; Lori Barbero (1,3,5,10,
13): drums; Michelle Leon (1): bass; Buzz Osbourne (1,10): bass, vocals;
Steven Dudas (1): programming; Peter Steele (2,12): vocals, bass; Mark
Piovanetti (2): guitar; Jim Thirwell (2): drum programming; Dougie Bowne (2,
7,13): drum programming; Hope Nicholls (3,12,13): guest vocals, saxophone;
Chris Vrenna (3,10,12): programs; Dave Mustaine (4): vocals, guitars; David
Ellefson (4): bass; Marty Friedman (4): guitar; Brian Howe (4): drums; Peter
Bradley (6): vocals, guitar; Nicolaj Bloch (6): guitars; George Brown (6):
bass; Tommas Arnby (6): drums; Kim Fox (7): vocals, accordion, organ; Andy
McCormick (7,12): stand-up bass, saw, piano, bass, vocals, air organ; Marc
Pizzaro (7,10): piano; Tim DuRoche (7): drums; Dave Ogilvie (8): vocals,
programming; Anthony "Fu" Valcic (8,12): guitars, programs; Miho Hatori (9,
13): vocals; Arto Lindsay (9): vocals, guitar; Nana Vasconcelos (9): drums;
Andres Levin (9): sample loops harmonium; Kevin Rutmanis (10): vocals, guest
bass; Mimi Goese (11): vocals; Hahn Rowe (11): guitar, keyboard; Tom Siler
(12): air organ; Lydia Lunch (13): vocals; Johnny Temple (13): bass; Alexis
Fleisig (13): drums; Marc Ribot (13): guitar.
1998 - DreamWorks Records (USA), DRMD-50102 (CD)
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Anybody knows when this came out?
Thanks,
Patrice.
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Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 13:07:42 PST
From: "jon gibbon" <leng0tch0e@hotmail.com>
Subject: MIME-Version: 1.0
"what's go'in on there zorn-o"
just suscribed and i 'm feeling disconnected....
the albums that you talk of are unknown to me .... i liv e in kansas
(before you say another cliche line about the wizard of oz or something
about covered wagons let me explain i don,t live in west kansas and the
difference 'tween west and lawrence[the liberal town of kansas] is so
hug e that .....*fill in your own quaint saying*) so alll lll i
listen to is old zorn y'know naked city and locus solos an' the
like.... so before i slit my tender teenage wrist with zorn's torture
garder compolation album ... perhaps i can be introduced to a new zorn
experience.... .... ... and prehaps you ... or you ... or maybe you
can help... about the zorn. there's no stopping the killing part....
here's the zorn i've listened to (keep in mind i say zorn but that just
means is in it and not prominate)
...weird little boy
...(somethingsomething) tradition s of an east asian band
...naked city(the album name)
...locus solos
...black box
...filmworks
...filmworks 3
...john zorn's cobra (i think '93)
there may be more but i can[t remember too good like
any way OPEN MY EYES ... BRotheerS ... LET ME SEE THE LIGHT THAT I
SEEMLY AM MISSING AND LET THE GOD SSS OF ....wait wait ... that's
anothher meeeeeting sorry...
i like crazy zorn the best but i still have ties for classical style and
what not ....
gib
imix
leng.tch.e
that other gut
nobbig
and so forth are my rows
of pusedonyms
ps does any one around here know where i can get some tang...┐?
______________________________________________________
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Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 19:37:59 EST
From: JonAbbey2@aol.com
Subject: new Penguin Guide 5-star ratings
well, as I mentioned last week, I ordered the new 4th edition of the Penguin
Guide from Amazon's UK site, and it arrived today. I've been reading it all
afternoon, and one thing I thought would be interesting to the list is the
changes in their five-star (or "crown") ratings. the Penguin authors, Richard
Cook & Brian Morton, tend to not dole out too many of these; in the last
edition, there were 54. in this edition, there are 61 all told, but I'll just
list the new ones here, since I assume most people on this list have the last
Penguin Guide already (if you don't, buy the new one immediately when it's
released in the US in March. 1600 pages of well-written, intelligent reviews
for 24 bucks. it's the single most invaluable jazz reference book, I think.)
OK, here are the new ones:
David Ware-Godspelized (DIW).
Cecil Taylor-Nefertiti, the Beautiful One Has Come (Revenant). the first and
only Cecil record with a crown, surprisingly.
Evan Parker-50th Birthday Concert (Leo) although this is probably not in the
first ten Parker CDs I'd recommend, it's good to see one of my favorite
artists reperesented.
Lee Morgan-The Sidewinder (Blue Note)
Miles Davis and Gil Evans-The Complete Studio Sessions (Columbia)
Stan Getz-The Complete Roost Recordings (Roost)
Tomas Stanko-Leosia (ECM). in keeping with the writers' love of Finnish jazz,
with Edward Vesala and Krzysztof Komeda already having crowns by their name.
anyone heard this one? I have the ones before and after (Matka Joanna and
Litania), neither of which especially impressed me as being brilliant.
Herbie Hancock-Maiden Voyage (Blue Note)
Lee Konitz-Motion (Verve) the three CD version, since that's the only one
available.
Larry Young-Unity (Blue Note) this one was listed in earlier editions, but not
the previous one.
Position Alpha-The Great Sound Of Sound (Dragon). This one was new to me,
evidently a Swedish saxophone quintet record from 1984. anyone heard this?
Max Roach-We Insist! Freedom Now Suite (Candid)
also, their Ganelin Trio 5-star choice changed from Catalogue to Ancora Da
Capo (both Leo) for reasons explained in the text. Coltrane's Heavyweight
Champion was stripped of its fifth star, also for reasons explained in the
book. and a handful were dropped because they're out of print: Louis
Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, and Woody Herman.
clearly, I have too much free time on my hands.
Jon
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Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 18:04:19 -0800
From: Herb Levy <herb@eskimo.com>
Subject: Evguenie Sokolov by Serge Gainsbourg
Hi folks,
I haven't read this novel yet (I just ordered it), but I'm sure at least
some of you will be interested in it. The book is available from:
Small Press Distribution
1341 Seventh Street
Berkeley, CA 94710-1409
800-869-7553
orders@spdbooks.org
http://www.spdbooks.org
Also at Amazon.com, Barnes & Nobel, and through your local independent
bookstore.
The same press also has what looks like a good novel by Boris Vian, who may
be better known as a jazz critic.
Bests,
Herb
>Evguenie Sokolov by Serge Gainsbourg (1928-1991)
>ISBN 0-9662346-1-8 Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 97-80957
>Translated from the French by John and Doreen Weightman
>
> This is the one and only novel by the 20th century provocateur of
>French pop music and film - the legendary Serge Gainsbourg . This
>prototype lusty punk tore into the threads of French society with his
>numerous films, music projects, and outlandish persona. He made
>recordings with Brigitte Bardot, Jane Birkin and a scandalous recording of
>=84Lemon Incest=BE with his own daughter Charlotte. If that wasn=BCt bad
>enough, he told Whitney Houston live on French TV that he would love to
>fuck her.
>
> Evguenie Sokolov is a novel about an artist who uses his
>intestinal gases as the medium for his scandalous artwork. What once was a
>huge smelly and noisy problem in his social and sex life becomes a tool for
>success in the early eighties art world. Please note that there is also a
>song by Gainsbourg called "Evguenie Sokolov" of farting noises over a
>reggae track.
>
>Some quotes about Gainsbourg and the novel:
>
>
>
>"Gainsbourg is both the best and the worst, yin and yang, white and black.
>This Jewish little Prince from Russia whose dreams were probably fueled by
>Andersen, Perrault and Grimm, became, when confronted by the tragic reality
>of life, a moving or repugnant Quasimodo, depending on his and your state
>of mind. Hidden deep within this fragile, shy and aggressive man lies the
>soul of a poet craving tenderness, truth and integrity." Brigitte Bardot
>
>"Serge Gainsbourg is one of the world's great eccentrics. His kinky
>obsessions, smothering fashion with tastelessness have catapulted him into
>super stardom in France.
>
>This is his only novel and you have never read anything like it Evgueine
>Sokolov will make you squirm. It will make you laugh. It also may very
>well make you sick. Gainsbourg's vision is his own: authentic and
>convulsive. But don't forget to hold your nose." John Zorn
>
>"Gainsbourg takes one childish, cheap and tasteless one-joke idea and
>manages to keep it entertaining enough to last for a whole book. he has an
>envious command of adjectives and adverbs." Mark Webber, Pulp
>
>
>Thanks,
>
>-----------------
>Tosh Berman
>TamTam Books
>----------------
>
Herb Levy
herb@eskimo.com
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Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 19:42:02 -0800
From: "Christian Heslop" <xian@mbay.net>
Subject: more Brouwer
Would anyone know where I could get ahold of a transcription of Leo
Brouwer's "Hika", written in remembrance of Toru Takemitsu?
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Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 21:27:34 -0000
From: "allen j huotari" <zmasada@email.msn.com>
Subject: Bjorkenheim/Skopelitis
greetings fellow zornophiliacs
the Wayside Music "New In Stock" page has the long-awaited Raoul
Bjorkenheim/Nicky Skopelitis "Revelator" listed
anyone out there care to shed further illumination on this one?
ajh
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Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 12:34:33 +0100
From: stephen.fruitman@idehist.umu.se (Stephen Fruitman)
Subject: Re: Bjorkenheim/Skopelitis
>the Wayside Music "New In Stock" page has the long-awaited Raoul
>Bjorkenheim/Nicky Skopelitis "Revelator" listed
>
>anyone out there care to shed further illumination on this one?
This is a brilliant guitar-duet ambient mix which also features Bill Buchen
on tablas and Bill Laswell on "sounds". It was released half a year or so
ago on the Douglas label, which has already gone under after only about
half-a-dozen releases. People with a taste for All Things Laswellian have
been searching for copies of this from Helsinki to Seattle in the past few
months, and all indications are that the supply is running thin (thought
Downtown Music Gallery recently made it known that they had some
twenty-five copies in stock). Though other reports are more encouraging,
and state that there are plans to re-release _Revelator_ on another label.
Highly recommended; fine liner notes also, but Axiom chief Bill Murphy.
Stephen Fruitman
Dept of the History of Ideas
Umea University
S-901 87 Umea Sweden
- -----------------------------------------------------------------
Ume=E5 University
Department of History of Science and Ideas
Dr Mohammad Fazlhashemi
S-901 87 UME=C5, SWEDEN
Phone: +46 90 7869689
Telefax: +46 90 143374
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Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 13:34:47 +0100 (MET)
From: FJG_Lamerikx <flamerik@best.ms.philips.com>
Subject: Re: new Penguin Guide 5-star ratings
> Tomas Stanko-Leosia (ECM). in keeping with the writers' love of Finnish jazz,
> with Edward Vesala and Krzysztof Komeda already having crowns by their name.
> anyone heard this one? I have the ones before and after (Matka Joanna and
> Litania), neither of which especially impressed me as being brilliant.
Can anyone second the five star rating that Komeda's "Astigmatic" receives in
the admittedly wonderful Penguin Guide?
Also, I think it's time someone took it upon themselves to release Komeda's
soundtrack to Roman Polanski's "Fearless Vampire Killers".
Frankco.
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